僻
pì HSK7

out-of-the-way

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 辟 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

辟
辟 Sound component
pì, bì law

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartphjiekpʰekperverse
Zhengzhangpʰeɡ
pʰeːɡ
Unicodepek
piɛk

說文解字

避也。从人辟聲。《詩》曰：“宛如左僻。”一曰从㫄牽也。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)